Method, Terminal and Computer Storage Medium for Group Sending Message in Instant Communication

ABSTRACT

Provided is a method for group sending message in instant communication, including following steps: acquiring a request for group sending message, accessing a contact list, and then acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from said contact list; acquiring inputted message to be group sent; and sending said inputted message to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contacts, according to information of each of said contacts. By implementing the technical scheme of the present disclosure, the user&#39;s time in operating is reduced, the efficiency of group sending message is improved, especially when the method is applied in a mobile terminal, the duration time of the mobile terminal is prolonged, and the security of group sending message is improved. The disclosure also provides a terminal and a computer storage medium for group sending message in instant communication.

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2013/090536, entitled “METHOD, TERMINAL AND COMPUTER STORAGEMEDIUM FOR GROUP SENDING MESSAGE IN INSTANT COMMUNICATION” filed on Dec.26, 2013, which claims priority to Chinese patent application No.201310182131.1, entitled “METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR GROUP SENDING MESSAGEIN INSTANT COMMUNICATION” filed on May 16, 2013, both of which areincorporated by reference in their entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technology, andmore particularly to a method, a device and a computer storage mediumfor group sending message in instant communication.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Instant communication is an application for exchanging message instantlybased on interne. Along with rapid development of network, more and morepeople use an instant communication tool for chatting and interacting soas to enrich their daily life.

The user using the instant communication tool often needs to send thesame messages to multiple contacts, such as festival congratulations,event notifications or meeting invitations, and so on. The prior artmethod for group sending message in instant communication is that, whensending a same message to multiple contacts using the instantcommunication tool, normally the user sends said message to the contactsone by one, that is, selecting one contact at one time, editing themessage and then sending it to said contact. However, the efficiency ofgroup sending message in this way is very low, it is inconvenient forthe user to operate and it is a waste of time. Alternatively, the usermay send the same message to multiple contacts by means of establishinga chat group or a discussion group, however, the method herein needs toestablish a chat group or a discussion group manually first, which isvery complicated, and especially for those who don't have the ability toestablish a chat group or a discussion group through the instantcommunication tool, said method is hard to realize. As a result, it iscomplicated to operate for the user to group send messages in instantcommunication by the conventional method; especially when theconventional method is applied in a mobile terminal, the user's time inoperating is increased, and the duration time of a mobile terminal withlimited power is shorten.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the defects existing in the prior art mentioned above, in oneaspect, the present disclosure provides a method for group sendingmessage in instant communication, which can simplify the operation, soas to prolong the duration time of a mobile terminal:

A method for group sending message in instant communication, includingfollowing steps:

acquiring a request for group sending message by a terminal for groupsending message, accessing a contact list, and then acquiringinformation of multiple contacts selected from said contact list;

acquiring a request for group sending message to a contact sub-group bysaid terminal, accessing a contact list of the contact sub-group, andthen acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from thecontact list of the contact sub-group;

acquiring inputted message to be group sent by said terminal; and

sending said inputted message, by said terminal, to a respectivereceiving terminal of each of said contacts according to information ofeach of said contacts.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a terminal for groupsending message in instant communication, including:

a contact information acquiring module, configured to acquire a requestfor group sending message, access a contact list, and acquireinformation of multiple contacts selected from said contact list; andfurther configured to acquire a request for group sending message to acontact sub-group, access a contact list of the contact sub-group, andthen acquire information of multiple contacts selected from the contactlist of the contact sub-group;

a group sent message input module, configured to acquire inputtedmessage to be group sent;

a data transceiver module, configured to send said inputted message to arespective receiving terminal of each of said contacts, according toinformation of each of said contacts.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer storagemedium for group sending message in instant communication, includingcomputer executable instructions, said computer executable instructionsare configured to execute a method for group sending message in instantcommunication, wherein, the method includes:

acquiring a request for group sending message by a terminal for groupsending message, accessing a contact list, and then acquiringinformation of multiple contacts selected from said contact list;

acquiring a request for group sending message to a contact sub-group bysaid terminal, accessing a contact list of the contact sub-group, andthen acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from thecontact list of the contact sub-group;

acquiring inputted message to be group sent by said terminal; and

sending said inputted message, by said terminal, to a respectivereceiving terminal of each of said contacts according to information ofeach of said contacts.

According to the method, the terminal and the computer storage mediumfor group sending message in instant communication of the presentdisclosure, the terminal for group sending message acquires the messageto be group sent and information of multiple contacts at one time, andsends said message to a respective receiving terminal of each of saidcontacts. As compared to the prior art method (that is, selecting onecontact at one time, and editing the message and then sending it to saidcontact), the method of the present disclosure reduces the user's timein operating, improves the efficiency of group sending message,especially when it is applied in a mobile terminal, the method prolongsthe duration time of the mobile terminal. Moreover, the terminal forgroup sending message forwards the group sent message according toinformation of each contact, thereby each of the multiple contactsreceiving the message can't know other receivers of the group sentmessage, which is distinguished from the chat group or the discussiongroup of the prior art in that, the message is forwarded to each of thereceivers independently, the user of a receiving terminal can'tacknowledge other users who receive the group sent message, whichimproves the security for group sending message.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow diagram illustrating a method for groupsending message in instant communication according to one embodiment ofthe present invention;

FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram illustrating the operating interface foracquiring a request for group sending message in the method as shown inFIG. 1;

FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram illustrating the operating interface foracquiring information of multiple contacts selected from the contactlist in the method as shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 2C is a schematic diagram illustrating the operating interface foracquiring inputted message to be group sent in the method as shown inFIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow diagram illustrating a method for groupsending message in instant communication according to another embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow diagram illustrating a method for groupsending message in instant communication according to another embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flow diagram illustrating a method for groupsending message in instant communication according to another embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure and applicationscenario of a terminal for group sending message in instantcommunication according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure and applicationscenario of a terminal for group sending message in instantcommunication according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a structure diagram illustrating a terminal for group sendingmessage in instant communication according to one embodiment of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

In order to make the present disclosure easy to understand, it will bedescribed in further details with the accompanying drawings and thefollowing embodiments. It should be understood that the presentdisclosure may be implemented in various manners, the specificembodiments described herein are merely examples to illustrate thedisclosure, not to limit the present disclosure. Oppositely, the purposeof providing the specific embodiments is to make the present disclosureto be understood more clearly and comprehensively.

In one embodiment as shown in FIG. 1, a method is provided for groupsending message in instant communication, which includes followingsteps:

Step 102: acquiring a request for group sending message by a terminalfor group sending message, accessing a contact list, and then acquiringinformation of multiple contacts selected from said contact list.

As shown in FIG. 2A, a push-button icon of “group sending message” 202can be added in the setting interface of the terminal for group sendingmessage in instant communication, and by means of clicking saidpush-button icon, the step of acquiring the request for group sendingmessage of the terminal for group sending message can be achieved, afterhaving acquired the request for group sending message, the terminal goesinto a group sending message mode, then the contact list will be shownin the interface of the terminal, which is illustrated in FIG. 2B.

After the terminal for group sending message goes into a contactselecting interface, the first thing need to do is to select multiplecontacts to whom the message is to be group sent. As shown in FIG. 2B,the terminal's selecting multiple contacts can be realized by setting arespective radio button 204 next to each contact button so as to enableselecting the contact corresponding to a contact button by clicking therespective radio button 204. Having selected the contact, the terminalfor group sending message acquires the information thereof, and theinformation of said contact is a contact identification capable ofuniquely identifying the contact, such as a contact number, a contacte-mail address, a contact user name, and so on.

Step 104: acquiring inputted message to be group sent by said terminal.

The terminal for group sending message further acquires inputted messageto be group sent after acquiring the information of multiple contactsselected from the contact list. The message to be group sent not onlymay contain text information but also may contain information in form ofrich media file, such as a voice, a picture, and so on. As shown in FIG.2B, the user clicks “complete” icon button 206 after having selectedcontacts, then the terminal for group sending message goes into aninterface of “editing information” 206, which is shown in FIG. 2C. Theinputted message to be sent in the interface of “editing information”may be limited to texts containing no more than 50 characters.

Step 106: sending said inputted message, by said terminal, to arespective receiving terminal of each of said contacts according toinformation of each of said contacts.

The terminal for group sending message can save information of multiplecontacts in a queue after having acquired the information of multiplecontacts, and forward the inputted message to a respective receivingterminal of each of said contacts according to the information of thecontacts in the queue.

In this embodiment, the terminal for group sending message acquires themessage to be group sent and information of multiple contacts at onetime, and sends said message to a respective receiving terminal of eachof said contacts. As compared to the prior art method (that is,selecting one contact at one time, and editing the message and thensending it to said contact), the method of the present disclosurereduces the user's time in operating, improves the efficiency of groupsending message, especially when it is applied in a mobile terminal, themethod prolongs the duration time of the mobile terminal. Moreover, theterminal for group sending message forwards the group sent messageaccording to information of each contact, thereby each of the multiplecontacts receiving the message can't know other receivers of the groupsent message, which is distinguished from the chat group or thediscussion group of the prior art in that, the message is forwarded toeach of the receivers independently, the user of a receiving terminalcan't acknowledge other users who receive the group sent message, whichimproves the security for group sending message.

In another embodiment as shown in FIG. 3, a method is provided for groupsending message in instant communication, which includes followingsteps:

Step 302: acquiring a request for group sending message to a contactsub-group by a terminal for group sending message, accessing a contactlist of the contact sub-group, and then acquiring information ofmultiple contacts selected from the contact list of the contactsub-group.

The terminal for group sending message acquires a request for groupsending message to a contact sub-group so as to forward the group sentmessage to members of different sub-groups, such as a colleaguesub-group, a classmate sub-group, and so on. Having acquired a requestfor group sending message to a contact sub-group, such as a request forgroup sending message to the colleague sub-group, correspondingly theterminal for group sending message goes into a contact selectinginterface of the colleague sub-group.

The user selects multiple contacts after the terminal for group sendingmessage goes into the contact selecting interface of the contactsub-group. The terminal for group sending message correspondinglyacquires information of said contacts. And the information of a contactmay contain a contact identification, a time for timed sendingcorresponding to the contact, and so on.

Step 304: acquiring inputted message to be group sent by said terminal.

Step 306: sending said inputted message, by said terminal, to arespective receiving terminal of each of said contacts according toinformation of each of said contacts.

In this embodiment, selecting and group sending message to contactsincluded in a certain contact sub-group can be achieved by means ofacquiring a request for group sending message to a contact sub-group,which can further simplify user's operation, as compared to selectingcontacts for group sending message from all of the contacts, especiallywhen the method is applied in a mobile terminal, the duration time ofthe mobile terminal is further prolonged.

In another embodiment as shown in FIG. 4, a method is provided for groupsending message in instant communication, which includes followingsteps:

Step 402: acquiring a request for group sending message by a terminalfor group sending message, accessing a contact list, and acquiringinformation of multiple contacts selected from the contact list.

Particularly, the information of each of the multiple contacts is acontact identification.

Step 404: acquiring inputted message to be group sent by said terminal.

Step 406: sending the inputted message, by said terminal, to arespective receiving terminal corresponding to the contactidentification of each of said multiple contacts.

Having acquired contact identifications of the multiple contacts, theterminal for group sending message saves these contact identificationsin a queue, then sends said inputted message to a respective receivingterminal corresponding to the contact identification of each of saidmultiple contacts, according to said contact identifications in thequeue.

In this embodiment, the terminal for group sending message forwardsgroup sent message according to each of the contact identifications,thereby each of the multiple contacts receiving the message can't knowother receivers of the group sent message, which is distinguished fromthe chat group or the discussion group of the prior art in that, themessage is forwarded to each of the receivers independently, the user ofa receiving terminal can't acknowledge other users who receive the groupsent message, which improves the security for group sending message.

In another embodiment as shown in FIG. 5, a method is provided for groupsending message in instant communication, which includes followingsteps:

Step 502: acquiring a request for group sending message by a terminalfor group sending message, accessing a contact list, and acquiringinformation of multiple contacts selected from the contact list.

Particularly, the information of each of the multiple contacts containsa contact identification and a time for timed sending corresponding tothe contact. The time for timed sending corresponding to each of themultiple contacts may be same or different. In this embodiment, the timefor timed sending corresponding to each contact selected can be set inthe contact selecting interface.

Step 504: acquiring inputted message to be group sent by said terminal.

Step 506: judging whether local time of the terminal reaches the timefor timed sending by said terminal, if it does, then turning to the step508.

Step 508, sending the inputted message, by said terminal, to arespective receiving terminal corresponding to each of the contactidentifications.

In this embodiment, before sending the message, the terminal firstjudges whether the local time of the terminal for group sending messagereaches the time for timed sending, only when the current local time ofthe terminal for group sending message is judged as the time for timedsending, the terminal forwards the group sent message, thereby theinputted message can be sent at a preset time.

Particularly, the method mentioned above for group sending message ininstant communication is applied in mobile QQ, which is an instantcommunication application, for example, developed by Tencent, installedin an intelligent mobile terminal.

In one embodiment as shown in FIG. 6, a terminal 620 is provided forgroup sending message in instant communication, the terminal 620includes:

a contact information acquiring module 622, configured to acquire arequest for group sending message, access a contact list, and acquireinformation of multiple contacts selected from said contact list;

a group sent message input module 624, configured to acquire inputtedmessage to be group sent;

a data transceiver module 626, configured to send said inputted messageto a respective receiving terminal 640 of each of said contacts,according to information of each of said contacts.

In one embodiment, the contact information acquiring module 622 is alsoconfigured to acquire a request for group sending message to a contactsub-group, access a contact list of the contact sub-group, and thenacquire information of multiple contacts selected from the contact listof the contact sub-group.

In one embodiment, the information of a contact is a contactidentification. The data transceiver module 626 is configured to sendthe inputted message to be group sent to a respective receiving terminal640 corresponding to the contact identification of each of said multiplecontacts.

In another embodiment as shown in FIG. 7, a terminal 620 is provided forgroup sending message in instant communication, the terminal 620includes:

a contact information acquiring module 622, configured to acquire arequest for group sending message, access contact list, and acquireinformation of multiple contacts selected from contact list;

Particularly, the information of each of the multiple contacts containsa contact identification and a time for timed sending corresponding tothe contact.

a group sent message input module 624, configured to acquire inputtedmessage to be group sent;

a timing module 628, configured to judge whether the local time of theterminal 620 for group sending message reaches the time for timedsending; and

a data transceiver module 626, configured to send said inputted messageto a respective receiving terminal 640 corresponding to the contactidentification of each of said multiple contacts, when the timing module628 judges that the local time of the terminal for group sending messagereaches the time for timed sending.

Preferably, the terminal 620 for group sending message in instantcommunication mentioned above is a mobile phone, and mobile QQ, which isan instant communication application, for example, developed by Tencent,is installed in said mobile phone.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part ofthe processes of preferred embodiments disclosed above may be realizedthrough relevant hardware commanded by computer program instructions.Said program may be saved in a computer readable storage medium, andsaid program may include the processes of the preferred embodimentsmentioned above when it is executed. Wherein, said storage medium may bea diskette, optical disk, ROM (Read-Only Memory) or RAM (Random AccessMemory), and so on.

In another embodiment as shown in FIG. 8, a terminal for group sendingmessage in instant communication is provided, in order to illustratesaid terminal more clearly, what is shown in FIG. 8 is a part of saidterminal relevant to this embodiment of the present invention, for thetechnical details which are uncovered, please refer to embodimentsinvolving methods of the present invention. Said terminal may be anyterminal devices such as a mobile phone, tablet PC, PDA (personaldigital assistant), POS (point of sales), on-board computer, and so on.Taking a mobile phone, a mobile terminal, as an example:

FIG. 8 is a structure diagram illustrating a portion of mobile phonerelevant to the terminal for group sending message in instantcommunication according to one embodiment of the present invention. Asshown in FIG. 8, the mobile phone includes: RF (Radio Frequency, RF)circuit 1110, a memory 1120, an input unit 1130, a display unit 1140, asensor 1150, an audio circuit 1160, a wireless fidelity (wirelessfidelity, Wi-Fi) module 1170, a processor 1180, a power supply 1190 andso on. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that, themobile phone is not limited by the structure of the mobile phone shownin FIG. 8, but may include more or less components, or any combinationsthereof, or the components may be arranged in different layouts.

Various components of the mobile phone will be described in more detailswith reference to the FIG. 8:

RF circuit 1110 is used to send and receive signals in process ofsending and receiving messages or making phone calls, preferably, afterreceiving downlink information from a base station, the RF circuit 1110sends said downlink information to the processor 1180 for processing; onthe other hand, the designed uplink data is sent to the base station.Usually, the RF circuit includes but is not limited to, an antennacircuitry, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noiseamplifier (LNA), a duplexer, and so on. Moreover, the RF circuit 1110may also communicate with other devices through wireless communicationand network. The wireless communication mentioned above may use anycommunication or agreement which includes but is not limited to GSM(Global System for Mobile Communications), GPRS (General Packet RadioService), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), WCDMA (Wideband CodeDivision Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), e-mail, SMS (ShortMessaging Service), and son on.

The memory 1120 is configured to save software programs and modules; theprocessor 1180 executes various functions of the mobile phone and dataprocessing applications by running said software programs and modulessaved in the memory 1120. Memory 1120 may mainly include a programstorage area and a data storage area, wherein, said program storage areamay store an operating system program, application program required byat least one function (such as sound playback, image playback, etc.),and so on; said data storage area may store data created according tothe usage of the mobile phone (such as audio data, phone book, etc.). Inaddition, said memory 1120 may include a high-speed random accessmemory, and may further include a non-volatile memory, such as at leastone of disk storage devices, flash memory devices and other volatilesolid state memory devices.

Said input unit 1130 is configured to receive numbers or characterinformation entered by the user, and for generating key signal inputsrelevant to user settings and function control of the mobile phone 1100.Particularly, said input unit 1130 may include a touch panel 1131 andother input devices 1132. Said touch panel 1131, also known as a touchscreen, is configured to collect the user's touch operations thereon ornearby (for example, a user operates on or near said touch panel 1131using a finger, a stylus, and any other suitable objects orattachments), and driving corresponding connecting devices based on apreset program. Preferably, said touch panel 1131 may include a touchdetection unit and a touch controller. Wherein the touch detection unitdetects the touch position of the user, and detects signals generated bythe touch operation, and then the signals are sent to a touchcontroller; the touch controller receives the touch information fromsaid touch detection unit and converts said touch information intocontact coordinates, and then sends said contact coordinates to saidprocessor 1180, said touch controller is also able to receiveinstructions from said processer 1180 and execute said instructions.Wherein, said touch panel 1131 may be realized in various manners suchas resistance-type, capacitance-type, infrared-ray and surface acousticwave. In addition to said touch panel 1131, said input unit 1130 mayfurther include other input device 1132. Particularly, said other inputdevice 1132 includes but is not limited to one or more of a physicalkeyboard, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons,etc.), a trackball, a mouse and an operating lever.

Said display unit 1140 is configured to display the information enteredby a user or information provided to a user as well as various menus ofthe mobile phone. Said display unit 1140 may include a display panel1141, particularly, said display panel 1141 may be configured by a LCD(Liquid Crystal Display), an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) orother forms of display panel. Preferably, said touch panel 1131 coverssaid display panel 1141, after detecting a touch operation thereon ornearby, said touch panel 1131 generates a touch signal and sends saidtouch signal to said processor 1180 so as to determine the type of touchevent, and then said processor 1180 provides a corresponding visualoutput on said display panel 1141 according to the type of touch event.Although in the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, said touch panel 1131 andsaid display panel 1141 are embodied as two separate components toachieve input and output functions of the mobile phone, in someembodiments, said touch panel 1131 and said display panel 1141 may beintegrated to achieve input and output functions of the mobile phone.

The mobile phone 1100 may further include at least one sensor 1150, suchas an optical sensor, motion sensor and other types of sensors.Particularly, the optical sensor may include an ambient light sensor anda proximity sensor, wherein, the ambient light sensor can adjust thebrightness of the display panel 1141 according to the brightness ofambient light, and the proximity sensor can close said display panel1141 and/or backlight when the mobile phone moves to the ear. As amotion sensor, accelerometer sensor can detect the value of accelerationin each direction (typically three axis), and can detect the magnitudeand direction of gravity when it is in static state, and further can beused for applications involving identifying the phone posture (such ashorizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometercalibration posture), vibration recognition related functions (e.g.pedometer, percussion), etc.; as for other sensors which may be equippedin the mobile phone, such as a gyroscope, barometer, hygrometer,thermometer, infrared sensor and so on, they will not be described herein details.

Said audio circuit 1160, speaker 1161, microphone 1162 can provide anaudio interface between the user and the mobile phone. Said audiocircuit 1160 can receive audio data and convert the audio data intoelectrical signals, and then transmit said electrical signals to saidspeaker 1161. Said speaker 1161 converts said electrical signals toaudio signals to be output; on the other hand, said microphone 1162converts sound signals collected to electrical signals, and afterreceiving said electrical signals the audio circuit 1160 converts saidelectrical signals to audio data, and outputs said audio data to theprocessor 1180 for processing, and then said audio data are sent toanother phone via said RF circuit 1110, or sent to said memory 1120 forfurther processing.

Wi-Fi belongs to a short-range wireless transmission technology, and amobile phone can help the user to send and receive email, browse the weband access streaming media, and so on via the Wi-Fi module 1170, whichprovides wireless broadband Internet access to the user. Although FIG. 8shows a Wi-Fi module 1170, but it should be understood that it is not anessential part of said mobile phone 1100, but may be omitted as neededwithin the scope of unchanging the essence of the present disclosure.

Said processor 1180 is the control center of the mobile phone,configured to connect each part of the mobile phone through a variety ofinterfaces and connections, and executing various functions of themobile phone and data processing to monitor the overall of the mobilephone by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored inthe memory 1120 and calling in data stored in the memory 1120.Preferably, said processor 1180 may include one or more processingunits; preferably, an application processor and a modem processor may beintegrated in said processor 1180, wherein, said application processormainly processes the operating system, user interface and applications,and said modem processor mainly deals with wireless communications. Itshould be understood that said modem processor mentioned above may benot integrated into said processor.

Said mobile phone 1100 further includes a power supply 1190 (such as abattery), configured to supply the power to various parts, preferably,said power supply system is logically connected to said processor 1180via the power management system, thereby realizing functions such ascharging management, discharging management, power consumptionmanagement, and so on via the power management system.

Although it is not shown, said phone 1100 may further include a camera,Bluetooth module, etc., which are not discussed in details here.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the processer 1180 includedin the terminal further has following functions:

acquiring a request for group sending message, accessing contact list,acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from contact list;acquiring inputted message to be group sent, and sending inputtedmessage to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contacts.

In one embodiment, the processer 1180 included in the terminal furtherhas following functions:

acquiring a request for group sending message to a contact sub-group,accessing a contact list of the contact sub-group, and then acquiringinformation of multiple contacts selected from the contact list of thecontact sub-group.

In one embodiment, the processer 1180 included in the terminal furtherhas following functions:

acquiring a request for group sending message, accessing a contact list,acquiring multiple contact identifications selected from the contactlist; acquiring inputted message to be group sent; sending said inputtedmessage to a respective receiving terminal corresponding to each of thecontact identifications.

In one embodiment, the processer 1180 included in the terminal furtherhas following functions:

acquiring a request for group sending message, accessing a contact list,acquiring multiple contact identifications selected from the contactlist and time for timed sending corresponding to each of the selectedcontacts, acquiring inputted message to be group sent, judging whetherthe local time of the terminal reaches time for timed sending, if itdoes, sending the inputted message to a respective receiving terminalcorresponding to each of the contact identifications.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that what describedabove are preferred embodiments of the present disclosure. Variousmodifications and replacements may be made therein without departingfrom the theory of the present disclosure, which should also be seen inthe scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for group sending message in instantcommunication, comprising: acquiring a request for group sending messageby a terminal for group sending message, accessing a contact list, andthen acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from saidcontact list; acquiring a request for group sending message to a contactsub-group by said terminal, accessing a contact list of the contactsub-group, and then acquiring information of multiple contacts selectedfrom the contact list of the contact sub-group; acquiring inputtedmessage to be group sent by said terminal; and sending said inputtedmessage, by said terminal, to a respective receiving terminal of each ofsaid contacts according to information of each of said contacts.
 2. Themethod for group sending message in instant communication according toclaim 1, wherein, information of each of the multiple contacts comprisesa contact identification; said step of sending said inputted message, bysaid terminal, to a respective receiving terminal of each of saidcontacts according to information of each of said contacts comprises:sending said inputted message, by said terminal, to a respectivereceiving terminal corresponding to each of the contact identifications.3. The method for group sending message in instant communicationaccording to claim 1, wherein, information of each of the multiplecontacts comprises a contact identification and a time for timed sendingcorresponding to said contact; said step of sending said inputtedmessage, by said terminal, to a respective receiving terminal of each ofsaid contacts according to information of each of said contactscomprises: when a local time reaches said time for timed sending,sending said inputted message, by said terminal, to a respectivereceiving terminal corresponding to each of the contact identifications.4. The method for group sending message in instant communicationaccording to claim 1, wherein, said method for group sending message ininstant communication is applied in mobile QQ installed in anintelligent mobile terminal.
 5. A terminal for group sending message ininstant communication, comprising: a contact information acquiringmodule, configured to acquire a request for group sending message,access a contact list, and acquire information of multiple contactsselected from said contact list; and further configured to acquire arequest for group sending message to a contact sub-group, access acontact list of the contact sub-group, and then acquire information ofmultiple contacts selected from the contact list of the contactsub-group; a group sent message input module, configured to acquireinputted message to be group sent; and a data transceiver module,configured to send said inputted message to a respective receivingterminal of each of said contacts, according to information of each ofsaid contacts.
 6. The terminal for group sending message in instantcommunication according to claim 5, wherein, information of each of themultiple contacts comprises a contact identification; said datatransceiver module is configured to send said inputted message to arespective receiving terminal corresponding to each of the contactidentifications.
 7. The terminal for group sending message in instantcommunication according to claim 5, wherein, information of each of themultiple contacts comprises a contact identification and a time fortimed sending corresponding to said contact; said terminal for groupsending message in instant communication further comprises a timingmodule, which is configured to judge whether a local time of theterminal reaches said time for timed sending; and, if the local timereaches said time for timed sending, send said inputted message to arespective receiving terminal corresponding to each of the contactidentifications.
 8. The terminal for group sending message in instantcommunication according to claim 5, wherein, said terminal for groupsending message in instant communication is a mobile phone installedwith mobile QQ.
 9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium,including computer executable instructions, said computer executableinstructions are configured to execute a method for group sendingmessage in instant communication, wherein, the method comprises:acquiring a request for group sending message by a terminal for groupsending message, accessing a contact list, and then acquiringinformation of multiple contacts selected from said contact list;acquiring a request for group sending message to a contact sub-group bysaid terminal, accessing a contact list of the contact sub-group, andthen acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from thecontact list of the contact sub-group; acquiring inputted message to begroup sent by said terminal; and sending said inputted message, by saidterminal, to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contactsaccording to information of each of said contacts.
 10. Thenon-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 9,wherein, information of each of the multiple contacts comprises acontact identification; said step of sending said inputted message, bysaid terminal, to a respective receiving terminal of each of saidcontacts according to information of each of said contacts comprises:sending said inputted message, by said terminal, to a respectivereceiving terminal corresponding to each of the contact identifications.11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according toclaim 9, wherein, information of each of the multiple contacts comprisesa contact identification and a time for timed sending corresponding tosaid contact; said step of sending said inputted message, by saidterminal, to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contactsaccording to information of each of said contacts comprises: when alocal time reaches said time for timed sending, sending said inputtedmessage, by said terminal, to a respective receiving terminalcorresponding to each of the contact identifications.
 12. Thenon-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 9,wherein, said method for group sending message in instant communicationis applied in mobile QQ installed in an intelligent mobile terminal.